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Here’s another thing like that other thing.

From these guys.

A Your Effin R: Twitter Shirts

Thanks to my friend Dragos for this find:

Apparently the folks at Squidder are busy at work turning the world into Shadowrun 4. They’ve been playing with a number of augumented reality (the AR of the title) oriented devices like this one:

PaperTweet3d: Augmented Reality T-shirts from squidder on Vimeo.

Imagine being able to slap on a pair of AR sunglasses and walk down the street and read what everyone was doing, where they were going, etc. (Provided of course they were Tweeting or Facebooking their actions.) It’d certainly evolve the sport of people watching to a whole new level. Twitter would no longer be something you check in the dark solitude of your bedroom or while secretly craning your neck down to your iPhone during a buisness lunch, instead it would be a direct broadcast proudly worn by you for all the augumented world to see, a constantly changing novelty tee whose idiotic phrases are dictated solely by you.

(Side note: Perhaps if people are forced to face the visual reactions that their tweets then some standard of ettiquette will evolve.)

Now don’t get me wrong. I am enthusiastic about this. There are tons of other perks about this beyond Twitter:

• Looking at a box of food in the supermarket and having a screen pop up with a list of recipies that the item would be good with, or a wine pairing, or a comparative list of prices between brands.
• An AR museum experience with searchable databases of paintings and art histories. (Think of a museum plaque crossed with a Wikipedia article and you’re barely scratching the surface.)
• Chips on signposts telling you which way to turn for a certain address or what the next 3 intersections with a particular street are.

Of course this design is specifically for Twitter/Facebook feeds and the oppertunity to be presented with thousands of t-shirt encoded passive-aggressive internet messages about people being bored, depressed or pissed off at their ex is staggering. I crave the day when I can go out to the Old Port, see some dude who can barely stand tack away at his iPhone for a few seconds and then watch a tweet pop up on their shirt that says:

sherri!!!!!!! cum ot 2 4play!! I”MDRUNNNK!!!!!!!!

Cause that totally wont be obvious.

Twenty-Four Thousand Hits and Climbing

My dear friend, Charles Parker Newton, is the one with the beard.

Apparently this got on Fox last night. Twenty-four thousand hits in fifteen days.

C’mon guys this is totally camping…

The Advanced Design boys at General Motors have tackled that timeless bastion of the American Pioneer Spirit(tm) the mobile home/camper. This is what they came up with: 

The GMC PAD

Now my title is a bit misleading. GM didn’t design this sexy sleeper for the purposes of camping specifically. The phrase they use is “diesel-electric powered urban loft with mobility” and with a ridiculous amount of connectivity (Direct TV, OnStar, XM Satellite Wi-Fi and probably a goddamn bluetooth headset) it’s designed for the new urban professional, specifically someone who doesn’t have to physically be “at work” to be working (here’s looking at you tehflash) or someone who is interested in being able to take his idea of “home” anywhere he wants.

Other sexy phrases in the article include:

• “Electronically variable exterior glazing” — which I’m guessing turns the camper into some kind of sugary, bluetooth accesible donut.
• “LCD interior architecture” —that’s right, now you can watch RedTube on your stovetop.
• “Missiles” — which is a lie, but seems like the next logical step.

Plus the entire thing is modular which means if the design takes off GM could create versions of these for combat zones, as crisis response vehicles, Star Waggon’s for celebrities shooting on location and various other purposes.

Various other purposes.

The full run down is on Gizmag. Thanks to my roomate for the link.